poivre

See also: poivré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peivre, peivere, from Latin piper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pwavʁ/
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(Quebec) IPA^(key): /pwavʁ/, /pwɑvʁ/
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Rhymes: -avʁ, -ɑvʁ

Noun

poivre m (plural poivres)

pepper (spice)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

“poivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

peivre, peivere

Etymology

Noun

poivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural poivres, nominative singular poivres, nominative plural poivre)

pepper (spice)

Descendants

French: poivre
Norman: paîvre, pêvre (Jersey) (Guernsey), pevr (Sark)
Walloon: poevrî

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (poivre, supplement)

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